Kyrie Irving is declining his $42.9 million player option for the 2025-26 season with the Dallas Mavericks and instead is planning to sign a three-year, $119 million extension with the franchise, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. The deal includes a player option for 2027-28. That new deal can’t be officially agreed upon until July 6. With…
Jun 24, 2025, 05:14 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The $1.5 billion sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves from Glen Taylor to an investment group led by e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore and former baseball star Alex Rodriguez gained NBA approval Tuesday, finalizing a complex and contentious process more than four years after the deal was reached. The…
There were 641 sacrifice flies hit in MLB this season entering Tuesday, and all 641 of them were scored by a man on third base. So you could call Masyn Winn something of an innovator. The St. Louis Cardinals shortstop scored one of the wildest runs of 2025 on Tuesday against the Chicago Cubs, running…
Kalyn KahlerJun 24, 2025, 06:52 PM ET Close Kalyn Kahler is a senior NFL writer at ESPN. Kalyn reports on a range of NFL topics. She reported about the influence of coaching agents on NFL hiring and found out what current and former Cowboys players really think about the tour groups of fans that roam…
The biggest domino of the 2025 NBA offseason has fallen. Kevin Durant has a new home with the Houston Rockets. For now, it seems as though the other true superstar that might have been on the market, Giannis Antetokounmpo, is staying put with the Milwaukee Bucks. The draft hasn’t even started yet and we’ve seemingly…
Jun 24, 2025, 07:12 PM ET Boston, Atlanta and Brooklyn are finalizing a three-team trade that sends Kristaps Porzingis and a second-round pick to the Hawks, Terance Mann and Atlanta’s No. 22 pick to the Nets, and Georges Niang and a second-rounder to the Celtics, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Tuesday night. Boston has…
FIFA has opened a disciplinary investigation into Pachuca’s Gustavo Cabral after allegations he made a racist comment to Real Madrid’s Antonio Rudiger, the global football governing body said Tuesday. The incident came towards the end of the game between the two teams at the Club World Cup on Sunday. Advertisement “Following an assessment of the…
Ryan O’HanlonJun 24, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Ryan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.” Here is what we’ve learned from the Club World Cup thus far: The Bundesliga is a lot better than the Northern League of New Zealand. The…
Kiley McDaniel Close Kiley McDaniel ESPN MLB Insider ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for three MLB teams. Co-author of Author of ‘Future Value’ Jun 24, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Major League Baseball’s trade market is ever evolving, and to keep…
